Thursday, February 23, 2023

Nouwen Meditation: Birthdays

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DAILY MEDITATION | FEBRUARY 23, 2023
Birthdays
Birthdays need to be celebrated. I think it is more important to celebrate a birthday than a successful exam, a promotion, or a victory. Because to celebrate a birthday means to say to someone: “Thank you for being you.” Celebrating a birthday is exalting life and being glad for it. On a birthday we do not say: “Thanks for what you did, or said, or accomplished.” No, we say: “Thank you for being born and being among us.”

On birthdays we celebrate the present. We do not complain about what happened or speculate about what will happen, but we lift someone up and let everyone say: “We love you.”
"I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers."

EPHESIANS 1:16 (NIV)
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